Poll: Alabama Evangelicals still support Roy Moore despite sexual assault accusations

Despite allegations of molesting children, about 40 percent of Alabama Evangelical Christians say they are still more likely voting for Republican Roy Moore over Democrat Doug Jones.

A new poll by JMC Analytics and Polling shows that 37 percent of Evangelicals said they would back Moore following the accusations.

28 percent of them said they were less likely to support him while another 34 percent of Christians said they were indifferent.

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This follows a Washington Post report that in the early 1980s Moore allegedly sexually assaulted four teenage girls.

The poll also shows that if the election was held today, Jones leads with 46 percent of the voters and Moore with only 42 percent.

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Moore had an 11 point lead over Jones before the molestation charges were reported.

Moore responded to the allegations saying that the Washington Post will be sued, calling their report fake news.